"Just remember to hold on tight. We'll be going at some of Toothless's top speeds using this yellow tail. It's made for more maneuverability and short distances but has the auto-lock as well," Hiccup told Clint as they climbed onto Toothless.

"Okay. I'm fine with speed," Clint said.

"Good. I'll set up the targets with Astrid. You got your bow?" Natasha asked.

"Always. We'll be using explosives in the real thing, right?"

"Correct," Hiccup said. "Let's go."

On Toothless the archer and blacksmith took to the sky. Hiccup pulled down the visor on his helmet and laid down lower to Toothless's back. Clint followed his motion, tucking his bow into his side.

"Hope you don't mind. I know this is awkward, but we don't want to be seen," Clint muttered.

"Not at all. Okay, Toothless along the water. Ambush plan."

"Like I need to be told!" scoffed the dragon doing as Hiccup asked.

They had placed a fake ship near their pier, Toothless zoomed along side it silently. He barely skimmed the water even though he was just an inch above it. Hiccup released a canister of Zippleback gas and it surrounded a ship. Then he, Toothless and Clint flew back up high.

Clint shot an arrow just as Hiccup pressed the button lighting up the gas. The whole ship exploded. Clint's arrow landed on a Viking shaped target, which flew away from the ship. Thor who had been hidden in storm clouds he had created striked with lightning. The ship's remainders were incinerated.

"That looked good. I don't even think we really needed to practice," Astrid laughed wildly.

"So much destruction."

"So much explosions," The twins looked at each other wide eyed.

"Us, Hulk and the fire-sword. Imagine it!" Ruff jumped up and down.

"Oh I'm imagining it," Tuff drooled.

"No!" Astrid, Natasha and Bruce refused them.

"Uncle Thor, get some rest. I want to get Clint used to more maneuvers on dragon back before tomorrow," Hiccup told his uncle who hovered over him.

"Very well, but rest yourselves as well! This shall be a glorious battle," exclaimed Thor.

Hiccup landed on the sea stack and switched Toothless's tail fin back to the red one. Sitting more upright he slightly leaned. Clint instinctively held on tighter. The dragon didn't even need a command. He plummeted, did three barrel rolls and shot a tree to smithereens. Then with a little urging from Hiccup he moved into the clouds.

"Toothless, lets enjoy the view for a bit," Hiccup said changing gears to glide above the clouds. The sun was starting to set over the Edge. This time of night was always calming to Hiccup.

"I thought we were going to do more new tricks!"

"Later," he soothed his dragon.

"You sure you're Loki's son?" Clint asked looking up from the arrow he was fiddling with.

"I'm sure."

"Cause you sure don't act like him."

"I have more of his mannerisms than I do of my other dad, that's weird to say out loud. Stoick raised me but I act a lot more like Loki. Though I do have traits from both."

"Because the Loki I met was a madman. He toyed with my mind for several days and threatened to make me kill Nat. He killed 80 people in two days."

"Hiccup, do you need me to do something crazy?"

"Nah," he said to Toothless and Clint. "My dad was under the same influence you were. He had little control over his actions and lets just say that affected him badly. It took the death of his mother for him to recover. Only then did I meet him. My father is not the man you think he is."

Clint looked doubtful but shut up. Hiccup sighed; his father had made a lot of mistakes. He wasn't going to be able to convince Clint easily. Toothless knew that Hiccup was exhausted and started to go back to the Edge. Unconsciously, Hiccup agreed and turned the tail pedal the same way.

That night was unusually quiet on the edge. Everyone slept soundly. Toothless and Hiccup had not slept on their beds as usual. Instead they joined the other dragons in the stables. Hiccup had been feeling confused since the Avengers had shown up. He wasn't sure how he really felt about all of his friends finding out about his father or the Avenger's showing up to protect him. All he did know is the only ones not somewhat judgmental were the dragons and Thor.

That's why he had ended up sleeping in the stables wrapped in the wings of Toothless and surrounded by all the dragons. He found it comforting compared to the uncomfortableness others might feel when sleeping near dragons. He knew he could trust the dragons to protect them and be there for him.

Astrid had found him there the next morning when she came to get Stormfly for their usual morning patrol. Smiling she approached the mess of dragons softly. Toothless's eyes snapped open, with a warble he opened his wings to show Hiccup who was cuddled up beside him. She smiled and brushed his hair out of his face. He stirred.

"Astrid?" He mumbled.

"You slept here?" she asked as he rubbed his eyes.

"Yeah, I was talking with the dragons. Had some last minute plans to discuss, plus they're warm and cuddly."

"They are?" Astrid's dragon was spiky. She didn't see how they could be cuddly.

"Especially Toothless, but that's a secret. Right bud?" he mumbled falling back to sleep.

Astrid giggled, "I'm not sure it's as much of a secret as you think it is." Which was true, Hiccup always slept cuddled up to his dragon when they were camping. "C'mon. We've got to get you ready for the ambush."

"I'm getting up," groaned Hiccup.